FVWM: backing windows off currentpage

2008-03-19 Thread jieryn
It seems that FVWM does not back windows which are on some non-CurrentPage. If I run xwd -id $someWindowNotOnCurrentPage the image comes out as completely black. I would request that FVWM exposes a configuration option that would keep windows backed in memory such that programs like xwd produce a u

Re: FVWM: backing windows off currentpage

2008-03-19 Thread jieryn
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Thomas Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But the window on $SOMEOTHERPAGEORDESK is unmapped, so of course it > will come out blank, unless you switch to that page first. Ok, so I would like FVWM to give me an option to force mapping windows which are not on pa

Re: FVWM: backing windows off currentpage

2008-03-19 Thread jieryn
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Jesús Guerrero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think he means caching a bitmap of that window from the last time > that it was mapped, until it's mapped again. However, if fvwm did that, > then it's an fvwm thing, and I don't think that xwd looks into fvwm struct

Re: FVWM: backing windows off currentpage

2008-03-19 Thread jieryn
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Thomas Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You are -- it's nothing to do with FVWM at all. So how can I prevent the windows from being unmapped? If there is no solution in X, is there a way in FVWM that I can trigger a mapping without forcing a virtual page chang